A pair of related news items make the Chicago Tribune even more meta than we ever imagined.
Strange times get stranger at the Chicago Tribune: Owner sam Zell is being sued by his employees. . . . . . their most valuable asset is under fire for receiving scheduling favors from Major League Baseball. . . . . . the biggest news in local sports media isn’t local sports news but news about local sports [...]
I try to run a fairly news-ignorant operation here, but this was too good to pass up: Cubs fans accused of beating White Sox fan, says the Associated Press by way of the Chicago Tribune. Despite not mentioning what actually led to said assault, their trusty copywriter apparently deemed the baseball allegiances to be the [...]
If you, like me, grew up in or around Chicago in the pre-Internet days, you got your baseball news from the box scores but you got the story from the great Jerome Holtzman. This town has seen its share of sportswriters good and bad, but Holtzman was without a doubt one of the former. Today [...]
The Tribune refuses to report or comment on the prospect of a public sale of Wrigley Field. Does that sound noble? Don’t believe the hype.
Want a great deal on rent in Chicago? Try building a stadium.
You think you hate the Cubs? You have no idea how to hate the Cubs.
In the world according to the sports media, Mark Buehrle will never pitch for the Sox again. Can I get a source on that?
